Example Sentences

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They could finish the weekend in fifth spot and the way Sean Dyche has cajoled his team back to their old levels over the last 12 months cannot be understated.

From The Guardian • Nov. 28, 2019

But as mayor of Baton Rouge, Holden’s ability to hold together a city he has cajoled, flirted with and chided for a decade as its leader is being tested.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2016

He has cajoled Japanese firms into promoting more women and urged them to make it easier for them to come back to work after having children.

From Economist • Mar. 17, 2016

The state’s audaciously utopian vision has cajoled an initially reluctant auto industry into producing cheaper, better-behaving electric cars, led by the media-savvy upstart Tesla.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2014

Listen then to my voice, prince of the blood of Alexander! forswear the tyrant who has cajoled you to this abandonment of your country, and resolve to be her deliverer.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane